Ulster survived a strong rally from Benetton Treviso to record a vital 24-20 victory in the Guinness PRO12 at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

Treviso 23 Glasgow 40

Potentially seismic back-to-back clashes with Clermont Auvergne await Munster in December after the fixtures for the new European Rugby Champions Cup were confirmed yesterday.

Treviso 32 Newport Gwent Dragons 13

Shane Jennings leads the Leinster side against Benetton Treviso in tomorrow’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash in Stadio Comunale di Monigo (KO: 2pm).

Treviso 11 Edinburgh 22

Treviso 50 Newport Gwent Dragons 24

The Ireland Under-20 team to face Wales in their final game of the IRB Junior World Championship has been named.

Although the Ireland Under-20s have failed to register a point in Pool C of the IRB Junior World Championship, head coach Mike Ruddock has been pleased with their performances so far.

IRELAND U20s head coach Mike Ruddock is hoping the return of some key players will enable his side spring a surprise in their IRB Junior World Championship opener against England in Treviso tonight.

Treviso 18 Ospreys 34

Treviso 19 Munster 18

MUNSTER’S comfortable position at the top of the Magners League will be under threat tomorrow when they meet Benetton Treviso in the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

MUNSTER’S Denis Hurley, Johne Murphy, Mick O’Driscoll and Donncha Ryan will rejoin the province after spending the week on international duty for a first ever Magners League assignment in Italy on Sunday.

Benetton Treviso 29 Leinster 13

AND then there were 12 – finally.

Treviso 7 Munster 44

A MONTH ago, Munster travelled to Perpignan with many astute judges predicting the game would represent the end of an era.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has paired Jean de Villiers and Keith Earls in the centre to the exclusion of Lifeimi Mafi for Saturday's Heineken Cup clash with Benetton Treviso at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

GIVEN THAT the English official was central to one of the most controversial decisions in the history of the Heineken Cup, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if Munster weren’t happy at the appointment of Chris White to referee tomorrow’s clash with Treviso at the Stadio Comunale Di Monigo.

MARCUS HORAN and Jerry Flannery will again be absentees when Munster take on Treviso in the Heineken Cup at Stadio Comunale Di Monigo on Saturday.

MUNSTER Rugby chiefs are ‘extremely disappointed’ at the scheduling of their crucial Heineken Cup Pool One game against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park for Friday, January 22 (8pm).

Treviso 16 Ospreys 36

ENGLAND will be gunning for revenge against Ireland in tonight’s FIRA-AER U18 European Championship semi-final in Venice (7pm, Irish time).

Ireland international Bob Casey has been found guilty of foul play for a stamp but escaped the sanction of a suspension because it was not deemed serious enough to draw further punishment.

Ireland international lock and London Irish captain Bob Casey has been cited for an alleged stamp on lock Cornelius van Zyl in the Round 6 Heineken Cup Pool 1 match against Benetton Treviso last Saturday.

Treviso 17 Perpignan 29

Leinster weathered a determined Treviso challenge as tries from Ireland internationals Shane Byrne, Shane Horgan and Brian O’Driscoll helped them to a 25-9 Heineken Cup Pool 2 win.

Benetton Treviso 20 Munster 31

Frankie Sheahan, try-scoring Heineken Cup man-of-the-match in Saturday’s heroic 35-14 defeat of Gloucester, has been withdrawn from the Munster side to face Treviso tomorrow evening at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo, due to a knee complaint.